Edward O'Dwyer is a secondary school teacher in Limerick, Ireland, writing both poetry and fiction. His third collection of poetry, Exquisite Prisons, from Salmon Poetry 2022, follows The Rain on Cruise's Street (2014), which was Highly Commended in the Forward Prizes, and Bad News, Good News, Bad News (2017), which contains the poem, "The Whole History of Dancing," which won the Best Original Poem award from Eigse Michael Hartnett Festival 2018. His first short story collection, Cheat Sheets, was published by Truth Serum Press in 2018 and features on The Lonely Crowd journal's "Best Books of 2018" list. He is the current Poet Laureate of Adare, appointed by Poetry Ireland as part of their Poetry Town initiative.
Diana Y. Paul has two passions: printmaking and writing. Both require careful composing, revealing in clean muted tones and in an understated, elegant way, an illusionist's window bridging language and image. In her novels, as well as in her mixed media prints, the reader or viewer is given a chance to alter preconceived notions about our visual and emotional world. Paul's debut novel, Things Unsaid (She Writes Press 2015), is available at bookstores and on Amazon. Her art has been exhibited in California, Hawaii, and Japan. Visit her websites dianapaul.com and unhealedwound.com for more writing and art.